# Jennifer Weiss (politician)

Jennifer Weiss (born October 29, 1959) is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly and a stay-at-home mom. She represented the state's thirty-fifth House district, located in Wake County.
Weiss was appointed to the NC House November 1999. She is a chair of the Finance Committee. In her tenure, she has received the 2007 NC AARP Outstanding Legislator Award, the 2002 NC Press Association William C. Lassiter First Amendment Award, and the 2004 Advocate of the Year from the NC National Association of Social Workers. In 2001, the Town of Cary issued a proclamation honoring Weiss for her legislative accomplishments.
In 2012, Weiss announced she would not seek re-election.

## Early career

Weiss received her bachelor's degree in Political Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1986. She practiced corporate and securities law in Boston from 1986 to 1990, at Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer, where she found the job, in her words, exciting and lucrative, however, she lamented that it failed to satisfy her desire to give back to the community. She resigned five months after her son was born, and the two of them and her husband moved from the Boston area to Cary, North Carolina.

## Committee assignments
### 2011-2012 session

* Agriculture
* Elections
* Finance
* Health and Human Services
* Health and Human Services - Mental Health
* Judiciary

### 2009-2010 session

* Aging
* Finance
* Health
* Judiciary II
* Juvenile Justice
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

## Electoral history
### 2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 13,144 | 57.48% |
| | Republican | Don Frantz | 9,725 | 42.52% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,869 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 23,633 | 65.10% |
| | Republican | Eric Weaver | 12,667 | 34.90% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,300 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 13,157 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,157 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 22,899 | 88.86% |
| | Libertarian | Graham Yarko Thomas | 2,870 | 11.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,769 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district Democratic primary election, 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 5,410 | 82.46% |
| | Democratic | Daniel A. Young Sr. | 1,151 | 17.54% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,561 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 12,907 | 52.82% |
| | Republican | Darryl Black | 10,757 | 44.02% |
| | Libertarian | Linda Ellis | 771 | 3.16% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,435 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 63rd district general election, 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jennifer Weiss (incumbent) | 16,742 | 54.99% |
| | Republican | Nancy H. Brown | 13,705 | 45.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,447 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |